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TOML Configuration File

SWS can be configured using a TOML file to adjust the general server features as well as other advanced ones.

It's disabled by default and can be enabled by passing a string file path via the -w, --config-file option or its equivalent SERVER_CONFIG_FILE env.

TOML File (Manifest)

Below is just an example showing all features with their default values.

[general]

#### Address & Root dir
host = "::"
port = 80
root = "./public"

#### Logging
log-level = "error"

#### Cache Control headers
cache-control-headers = true

#### Auto Compression
compression = true

#### Error pages
page404 = "./public/404.html"
page50x = "./public/50x.html"

#### HTTP/2 + TLS
http2 = false
# http2-tls-cert = "some.cert"
# http2-tls-key = "some.key"

#### Security headers
security-headers = true

#### CORS
cors-allow-origins = ""
cors-allow-headers = ""

#### Directory listing
directory-listing = false

#### Directory listing sorting code
directory-listing-order = 6

#### Directory listing content format ("html" or "json")
directory-listing-format = "html"

#### Basich Authentication
basic-auth = ""

#### File descriptor binding
# fd = ""

#### Worker threads
threads-multiplier = 1

#### Grace period after a graceful shutdown
grace-period = 0

#### Page fallback for 404s
# page-fallback = "some_page.html"

#### Log request Remote Address if available
log-remote-address = false

#### Redirect to trailing slash in the requested directory uri
redirect-trailing-slash = true

#### Check for existing pre-compressed files
compression-static = false

#### Ignore hidden files/directories (dotfiles)
ignore-hidden-files = false


### Windows Only

#### Windows Service support.
#### NOTE: this doesn't create a Windows Service per se,
#### instead, it just tells SWS to run in a Windows Service context,
#### so it's necessary to install the SWS Windows Service first
#### using the `static-web-server.exe -w config.toml install` command.
#### More details on https://static-web-server.net/features/windows-service/
# windows-service = false


[advanced]

#### ....

General options

The TOML [general] section allows adjusting the current options available via the CLI/ENV ones.

So they are equivalent to each other except for the -w, --config-file option which is omitted and can not be used for obvious reasons.

Config file-based features are optional

All server feature options via the configuration file are optional and can be omitted as needed.

Advanced options

The TOML [advanced] section is intended for more complex features.

For example Custom HTTP Headers or Custom URL Redirects.

Precedence

Whatever config file-based feature option will take precedence over its CLI or ENV equivalent.

Usage

The following command runs the server using a specific config.toml file.

static-web-server -w config.toml

Last update: 2023-03-27